Modular Design Goes Mainstream
Like most children, architects and designers grew up playing with Lego. For many it was their first chance to design or recreate buildings. Lego embodies at its core, a concept ...
Workspaces Weekly Brief: Why Workplaces are becoming more casual
Pictured Above: Industrious Office, Designed by Uhuru Contract (Photo: Uhuru Contract) In the Know Dwell Tells Us Why Workplaces Are Becoming More Casual Blake Zalcberg, President of OFM shines some light ...
Better Design Starts With Users: Tyler Gilchrist Explains What You’ve Been Missing
Pictured Above: Penguin Random House Toronto, Designed by figure3 (Photography: Steve Tsai) “You don’t need to come to the office to access some equipment or files or something physical that ...
More Than Just A Workplace: Why Millennials Are Choosing to Work Differently
Millennials are set to make up 50% of the global workforce by 2020. As such, employers are looking to understand the generation and what they want in the workplace. For ...
Workspaces Weekly Brief: Designing for Happiness in the Workplace and Highlights from Orgatec
Pictured Above: The BuzziFloat at Orgatec 2016 (Photo: Buzzispace) In The Know: Happiness In Workplace Design New Haworth Research Shows that Workplace Design can create happier workers, and it's doesn't involve ping pong tables ...
The Open Office Law Firm Has Arrived, But Is It Here To Stay?
Pictured Above: Minter Ellison's Sydney Office, Designed by BVN (Photo: BVN) Open layouts, unassigned seating, big comfortable cafes and cafeterias, natural light and collaborative areas. These could describe a wide ...
6 functional features for your office, reimagined
Pictured Above: BAUX Acoustic Tiles & Panels (Image: Baux) The way that we work has changed. The workplace has changed as well but some office features will always be required. ...
Workspaces Weekly Brief: Tesla’s invisible solar panels and the Workplace of the Future
Pictured Above: Tesla's New Solar Roof (Image: Tesla) In the Know Bisnow Toronto's Workplace of the Future panel discussion with leaders from Deloitte, CBRE, figure3 and more There's one interesting ...
The Future of Work: Technology, Flexibility and Choice for a Better Experience
Pictured above: Dream Office REIT's Scotia Plaza Headquarters Designed by figure3. (Photohrapher: Steve Tsai) On Tuesday, professionals from the architecture, design and commercial real estate field gathered to discuss the ...
The Human Centric Workplace
Pictured Above: Eddie Bauer's Redmond, WA office, designed by Callison Architecture using human centric design (Photo: Behance) The workplace is changing as a result of pressure from both employers and employees. At ...